Re: [boost] Re: multi threading support

From: Hendrik Schober (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-05-31 11:06:02

> Hello,
> 
> Fair enough.  A Singleton is certainly worthwhile.  It's just a matter of
> how far to go.  What is the answer to thread safety?
> 
> Is it documentation, caveat emptor?  Is it #define BOOST_MT?  Is it policy
> abstraction in the code?

  The #define is what I use for MT/None-MT. If it isn't defined all 
  my MT stuff expands into empty inline functions which the optimizer 
  should take care of. 
  I don't think clients who don't need thread safety should pay for it. 

> Is it worth worrying about?  Should Boost care about this?

  There's quite a few applications which won't be able to use the 
  boost lib without a minimum of thread safety. 

> [...]
> matt.

  Schobi

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